Henry Thomas Hope (30 April 1808 – 4 December 1862) was a British MP and patron of the arts.

Biography

Henry Thomas Hope was born in London on 30 April 1808, the eldest of the three sons of the connoisseur Thomas Hope (1769–1831) and his wife Louisa de la Poer Beresford (daughter of

William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies William Beresford, 1st Baron Decies (16 April 1743 – 6 September 1819) was an Anglo-Irish clergyman. Early life Decies was the third son, out of seven sons and eight daughters, of Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone (himself the only son of ...

, younger son of

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). However, he was estranged from his brothers (including Alexander James Beresford Hope) when he inherited their father's art collections, wealth and property along with those of their uncle

Henry Philip Hope Henry Philip Hope (8 June 1774, Amsterdam – 5 December 1839, Kent) was a collector of Dutch origin based in London. He was one of the heirs of the bank Hope & Co. without having been a banker himself but rather a famous collector of the arts ...

(died 1839). Part of Hope's inheritance from his uncle included the

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. He entered a political career after studying at

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and

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(1825–29). He was briefly a

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to Kings

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and

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between March and November 1830.http://courtofficers.ctsdh.luc.edu/Index-H.pdf He also founded the Art Union of London and the

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, as well as serving as vice-president of the

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and president of the

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. Displaying his old masters collection to the public at his London house on Duchess Street, a mansion at 116 Piccadilly and at Deepdene House in Surrey. He was also a patron to idealists such as

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and the Spanish

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s and helped organise the 1851

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. From 1851 to 1858 he chaired the Eastern Steam Navigation Company for

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, with Henry having been the '' Great Easterns chief fundraiser. In 1853, he purchased

Blayney Castle Hope Castle is a historic building located in Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Ireland.The building still stands, although unoccupied. Over the years, Hope Castle has been inhabited for various uses, such as homes to many, military barracks, a hos ...

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County Monaghan County Monaghan ( ; ga, Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County Cou ...

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, from The 12th Baron Blayney. He renamed the

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as Hope Castle.

Death

Hope died on 4 December 1862 at 116 Piccadilly, London.

Personal life

In 1851 Hope married Anne Adele Bichat, having already had a daughter named Henrietta Adela with her in 1843. The marriage legitimised Henrietta, who in 1861 married Lord Lincoln (later sixth

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). After her first husband's death, Henrietta married Thomas Theobald Hohler.

Constituencies

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, 1829–32 *

Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east ...

, stood unsuccessfully in December 1832 *

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, stood unsuccessfully in March 1833 *Gloucester, 1833–52

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hope 1808 births 1862 deaths Hope family English art collectors Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge People educated at Eton College Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 Politicians from London Members of Parliament for Gloucester UK MPs 1847–1852 People from Castleblayney